Apprentices of the Forest Learning and Teaching to Protect 2013 Annual Report Letter from the President

In all of its activities, ACT seeks partners who the old sciences have much to teach the new share this belief. When assessing partnerships sciences about adaptation—in effect, we with indigenous groups, ACT favors those should all be apprentices. communities with the greatest commitment to learning how to adapt and thrive under As the conservation story continues to evolve, rapidly changing ecological, social, and political ACT’s flexible, ambitious, and unwavering contexts. These kind of people possess the commitment to learning and traditional necessary drive to protect their traditional knowledge will ensure that we remain a territory and knowledge, as well as to transmit cutting-edge and resilient organization at the this capacity to future generations and forefront of the battle. neighboring groups.

Since its inception, ACT has relied upon the bridging and blending of modern and ancient ways of knowing to forge the most effective solutions in biocultural conservation. In this effort, equally useful information and lessons can be obtained from scientific publications, Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., L.H.D. novel technologies, or fireside chats with tribal President and Cofounder In 2013, scientists made a remarkable discovery chieftains. In the example of the olinguito in the cloud forests of Ecuador and : discovery mentioned previously, the carnivore the first new carnivorous mammalian species would likely have been recognized as unique identified in the Americas in 35 years. years earlier if researchers had consulted more Amazingly, one specimen of this fluffy relative closely with local indigenous groups. of the raccoon—the olinguito—toured zoos across the United States in the 1960s while Education is at the heart of each of ACT’s mistaken for a related species. programs, from our ethno-education initiative (see page 5) in the northwest Amazon to the The story highlights an important lesson: As Shamans and Apprentices Program in the conservationists, we’ve got a lot to learn. For northeast Amazon. In particular, we value better or often for worse, we continue to be collaboration and synergy between Western surprised by unexpected events and changing and traditional education systems. conditions. There is no quaintness in this: advanced Around the world, scientists, activists, environmental and agricultural science indigenous communities, and others are students in modern universities clamor to learn struggling to protect the last intact forest precisely that which has long been passed ecosystems and the traditional knowledge of down by the knowledge-keepers of traditional their original inhabitants. To address these societies. As we cope with the growing effects challenges and remain at the forefront of this “I am still learning.” of climate change, increases in deforestation, fight, education and lifelong learning must be a and the continued degradation of our oceans, – Michelangelo, at age 87 priority.

1 12 The mission of the Amazon Conservation Team is to partner with indigenous people to protect the rainforest.

Small but robust, we occupy a unique niche among international environmental nonprofits working in the tropics: ACT works hand-in-hand with local indigenous communities to devise and implement conservation strategies.

Among our Core Values: A Commitment to the Integration of Modern and Traditional Knowledge

* ACT believes that the knowledge and practices of indigenous and other forest communities are important and useful for natural resource conservation. Moreover, we believe that combining traditional knowledge with modern science and technologies creates the local conditions for optimal long-term environmental solutions and positions those communities to be ideal stewards. Traditional healer Mama Margarita of Colombia’s Kamentsa people guides apprentice Charito in medicinal plant collection * ACT considers the role of traditional healer within Amazonian indigenous communities as essential, and deeply esteems the knowledge systems that have been handed down to successive generations of healers. Additionally, we believe that their knowledge is enriching to western healthcare systems.

ACT’s Cross-Cutting Goals:

* Promote the protection and conservation * Create the conditions to preserve, transfer, of tropical forests, with an emphasis on and strengthen traditional medicinal “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. indigenous lands and their borderlands. knowledge and promote community Learn as if you were to live forever.” health * Promote the environmentally and – Mahatma Gandhi socioeconomically sustainable * Promote optimal conditions for the management of tropical forests, with an recognition and safe and equitable use of emphasis on indigenous lands and their traditional health systems borderlands. * Strengthen indigenous communities’ * Strengthen and preserve traditional capacity to promote and advocate for their culture rights

3 34 Youth Education

To ensure that indigenous youth will thrive in both their traditional contexts and the world at large, ACT promotes a unique teaching approach called ethno-education, where students are taught ancestral subject matter—such as subsistence agriculture, native language, and traditional healing practices—alongside standard modern curricular elements such as math and science.

* ACT worked with a team of ACT-trained * park guards to create Junior Park Ranger * manuals. These booklets teach children * about local flora and fauna, as well as basic * principles of conservation. They are in high * demand in four indigenous communities in Suriname.

* ACT continued to fund the ethno- education schools it established in three remote indigenous villages in Suriname.

* In collaboration with the NGO PCOS, ACT A shaman’s apprentice demonstrates medicinal uses of local flora to Kwamalasamutu village students in Suriname provided 15 Trio and Wayana indigenous youth from Suriname’s rainforest interior with the financial assistance and * With ACT’s guidance, the Yachaikury networking support necessary to pursue Ethno-education School of the Indigenous graduates of Colombia’s Yachaikury School are prepared for both higher education and sustainable stewardship of their communities higher education in the country’s capital. became the first private indigenous school in Colombia to be transformed * ACT provided educational materials on into a public school. This change ensures Trio indigenous culture to Suriname’s Yachaikury’s sustainability without National Environmental Education Kit sacrificing its autonomy. Further, ACT and project, slated for distribution to the the Juligon Architectural Foundation have children of 360 primary schools across the worked closely with Yachaikury students country. The materials help young people and faculty in the planning and design of “The education model we have applied at Yachaikury is a product of the understand the connection between renovated buildings and grounds. collective work of many communities. We find our inspiration in training boys indigenous land stewardship and the nation’s near-pristine forests. * In Colombia, ACT trained the indigenous and girls to embrace strong cultural values and a loving friendship with the organization of the Inga people of earth. Of the 900 students that have come through Yachaikury’s doors, some * In Colombia, ACT guided the Kamentsa Caquetá in accounting software and Bilingual School of the Sibundoy Valley in annual budgeting. As a result, association have returned to teach at the school or now hold important leadership positions a redesign of their school curriculum to members have the skills to oversee the in their communities.“ better incorporate traditional knowledge, replication of the Yachaikury School model and will collaborate with the regional to a network of 12 Inga schools, a role - Wairanina Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy indigenous organization OZIP to replicate formalized by the Caquetá Secretary of this initiative in the department of Education. Longtime Leader of the Ingano people Putumayo.

1 5 36 Guiding and Advising Communities

ACT works closely, inclusively, and respectfully with local communities over the long term to ensure the lasting protection of biodiversity and traditional cultures in the rainforest.

* ACT enabled the Caquetá Departmental * ACT and its NGO partner, SynBio Brasil, Indigenous Council (CODIC) to receive provided guidance and an irrigation substantial funding from the Colombian system for a sustainable traditional National Royalties Fund by guiding agriculture initiative of the Waurá people them through the application process of the Ulupuene village in the Xingu and advising them in their ongoing Indigenous Reserve, Brazil. ACT also Ceremonial structures constructed through ACT support at Jaba Kogi youth welcome ACT and other supporters to the grounds of communications with national agencies. supported the village’s work to maintain Tañiwashkaka, a Kogi sacred site in the , their newly acquired sacred site Colombia The funding, the first of its kind, was healthy fisheries and clean the Batovi River used for a project to strengthen eight and its tributaries. indigenous groups’ administrative capacity. * ACT assisted seed jewelry craftswomen in Kwamalasamutu, Suriname, to create new * Through a partnership with ACT and the hybrid designs more attractive to urban Colombian government, the Surinamers and tourists. of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (northern Colombia) acquired the Jaba * ACT provided technical guidance in Tañiwashkaka sacred site, which was sustainable agriculture to small farmer subsequently declared a national cultural and indigenous families located near site—a new type of protected area for Colombia’s Alto Fragua Indi Wasi National Colombia representing a location with Park. The changes will reduce pressure on both significant biological and cultural the park while improving food security for importance. The Kogi’s historic return families living in the park’s buffer area. to the coast was celebrated with the construction of two traditional ceremonial houses, one for men and one for women, in accordance with traditional Kogi architecture. The new facilities guarantee a permanent onsite presence for the land’s protection. ACT is also providing technical guidance and training to local indigenous authorities to ensure the lands are demarcated and incorporated into the “If you have knowledge, let others light Kogi- indigenous reserve. their candle in it.”

– Margaret Fuller

ACT and partner SynBio Brasil collaborate to teach Ulupuene village community members sustainable agricultural practices in Brazil’s Xingu Indigenous Reserve

7 38 Children from the Waura, Kogi, Inga, and Trio communities

For schoolchildren of the indigenous village of Kwamalasamutu, Suriname, the race is on to secure their future and that of their forests

92 103 Partners in Training

From its inception, ACT has believed indigenous people are the most committed “Learning is experience. stakeholders in the fate of the forest. Our collaborative efforts over the last 17 years Everything else is just information.” prove that, when indigenous cultures are strong and vibrant, they will defend their – Albert Einstein traditional lands with their lives. Today, we continue to foster partnerships that empower communities and strengthen their traditions.

* ACT provided ongoing training in environmental research, monitoring and reporting to indigenous park guards active in southern Suriname.

* In the interior village of Tepu, Suriname, ACT continued to provide training to a group of Trio women engaged in a sustainable income generation project to produce hot pepper products. Activities included cultivation, organic composting, propagation, harvesting, pest management, and financial administration. In 2014, ACT will help the women of Tepu diversify their vegetable production for food security while expanding the initiative to additional communities.

Trio Indigenous women learn sustainable pepper cultivation * As a partner in the USAID-sponsored Net Zero and marketing with ACT’s Minu Parahoe, Tepu, Suriname Deforestation project, ACT led a traditional heirloom seed recovery training course and sponsored a river expedition for seed exchanges between distant indigenous groups of the lower Caquetá River watershed in Colombia. These activities increase food security in local communities.

* ACT commenced a four-year, USAID-sponsored project to establish a conservation corridor between two national parks—Alto Fragua Indi Wasi and Churumbelos. This was accomplished through Alto Fragua Indi Wasi National Park partnerships between the Fondo para la Acción Caquetá, Colombia Ambiental y la Niñez, Colombian government agencies, the Universidad de la Amazonia, and regional indigenous and small farmer groups. The project will train local communities in conservation- friendly food production systems and strengthen local governance capacities of these groups. Indigenous groups of the lower Caquetá River exchange traditional seeds, Solano, Caquetá, Colombia

11 12 Empowering and Promoting Through Information

ACT’s vision is that the vast, life-sustaining rainforests of the Amazon basin are forever preserved and protected. ACT believes that empowering rainforest people and strengthening their cultures is the most promising route to that future.

* In 2013, the Colombian government * Through the USAID-sponsored Net Zero announced the expansion of Chiribiquete Deforestation project, ACT enabled the National Park, more than doubling its enrollment of 17 indigenous project already vast extent and making it one of promoters in a course at the Universidad the largest protected areas in the entire de la Amazonia to learn new approaches Amazon. Toward this declaration, ACT to indigenous sustainable livestock- provided essential information on the raising in the Colombian Amazon. With territorial range of regional isolated the assistance of the ACT technical team, peoples. the promoters completed sustainable production assessments for eight * In Suriname, ACT introduced GPS data indigenous communities. collection to the Matawaai Maroon community to assist them in a community * ACT worked with Colombia’s National mapping exercise that will improve land Parks Service and Ministries of Culture and management planning. the Interior to supply technical and legal consultation that lays the groundwork * ACT enabled Colombia’s Kogi people for a more enlightened public policy in to conduct expeditions to distant sites Colombia regarding isolated indigenous included in their network of traditional peoples. The final outcome will be a sacred lands. The aim of these trips was comprehensive contingency plan that to gather data on sites’ environmental addresses healthcare and other critical integrity and the viability of their subjects in the event of contact. permanent protection.

* In collaboration with local communities and indigenous associations, ACT prepared socio-economic, legal, land tenure, and topographical survey studies supporting expansion of the Inga reserves of Yurayaco and San Miguel in the department of Caquetá in Colombia. Results will help establish a biocultural conservation corridor linking the reserves to a national “The great aim of education is park—as well as the expansion of the Yunguillo Indigenous Reserve to an area not knowledge, but action.” five times its current size. – Herbert Spencer ACT Program Director Minu Parahoe helps prepare Suriname’s Matawaii community for land use mapping

Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia

13 14 Mapping to Inform Environmental Threat Mapping ACT is using geographic information systems (GIS) to monitor environmental threats including deforestation for ranching, mining activity, and overall extraction. The ability to show the geospatial distribution of these environmental pressures helps indigenous communities better understand their regional context, thus galvanizing improved conservation practices, and also helps ACT to determine priority conservation areas to form Community members of the La​ Teófila ​reserve in Caquetá, Colombia ​ The community of ​Nonuya de Villazul​​ ​(Amazonas, Colombia) create​ a use satellite imagery to locate new chagras (gardens) management plan for their recently expanded indigenous reserve contiguous biocultural conservation corridors. In 2013, ACT finalized a series of environmental threat Indigenous Community Mapping maps for both Colombia and Suriname. Mapping techniques have long been an integral part of ACT’s conservation work with indigenous communities. ACT conducts capacity building exercises so that indigenous communities can create Isolated Indigenous Tribes maps of their territories that record traditional land use patterns and document existing natural resources. These mapping initiatives have helped communities create management plans for their ACT is utilizing high resolution satellite imagery territories to ensure the preservation of important rainforest ecosystems and traditional practices to locate and protect isolated indigenous tribes such as the use of medicinal plants and agricultural systems. Community mapping initiatives in 2013 that reside in the remote corners of the Amazon were carried out in nine Koreguaje, Uitoto, and Matapi communities in Colombia. rainforest. Satellite imagery has proven to be an effective method to study the land use patterns CAUCA META of these vulnerable groups so that improved protective measures can be implemented. Satellite Serranía de los Territorial Management imagery has allowed ACT to find several isolated Churumbelos GUAVIARE Complejo Alto Fragua Territorial Expansion malocas (longhouses) without risk of disturbing Doña Juana Indi Wasi National Park the inhabitants, and a temporal analysis of satellite Florencia imagery has revealed potential migration patterns Orito Indigenous Reserve Ingi Ande of these groups by showing when and where garden Forest Cover 2010 Mocoa clearings were made.

CAQUETÁ VAUPÉS PUTUMAYO Solano Chiribiquete Strategic Partnerships

ECUADOR La Paya ACT has formed a collaboration with DigitalGlobe R ío C LLC to use their high resolution imagery within ACT’s aq ue tá BRASIL conservation initiatives. This imagery is being used to Araracuara Yaigoje-Apaporis identify and study isolated indigenous groups at an unprecedented level of detail. High resolution imagery

o Caqu is also allowing ACT to monitor forest cover changes AMAZONAS í e R t á R ío at a more detailed level than ever before, providing us

Pu tu Cahuinarí m with the means to better analyze the effectiveness of a La Pedrera y Community Mapping Projects o past and present conservation strategies and to show Caquetá and Putumayo Watersheds, Colombia these results to the world. Puré River

Río P ut um 15 a 16 PERÚ yo Strengthening the Transmission and Practice of Medicinal Knowledge

ACT’s founders took cues from Richard Evans Schultes, the great Harvard professor and explorer of the Amazon, who taught that traditional shamans and their medicinal knowledge are central to cultural survival. ACT thus initiated the Shamans and Apprentices programs to ensure that rainforest knowledge and culture are perpetuated. ACT works to strengthen the role of traditional healers and promote their role as agents for conservation. In fact, two Colombian national parks were created in part because of the strong advocacy of local healer groups in partnership with ACT.

* ACT continued to provide all operational * Colombia’s 60-strong Union of Women supplies and healer stipends for ACT- of Traditional Medicine (ASOMI) of the constructed traditional medicine and Colombian Amazon—a group dedicated teaching clinics in four remote villages of to the preservation of indigenous Suriname. knowledge—is supported primarily by ACT. This year, the group celebrated 10 * ACT helped tribes of Colombia’s Nonuya years of success through a significant de Villazul Indigenous Reserve design and enhancement of the association’s center, print illustrated medicinal plant guides including an enlarged kitchen, an improved to help ensure the perpetuation of their water filtration system, and trails between knowledge. the different property facilities. In 2013, ACT facilitated the union’s successful application for national funding for the * infrastructure improvements. * * ACT continued to provide the sole support for UMIYAC, a union of 40 male indigenous healers and their apprentices of five tribes of the Colombian Amazon. The support allowed the men to focus on the restoration of traditional medicinal practices in their communities and to conduct health brigades to underserved and remote communities. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” * UMIYAC and ASOMI both assigned members to share their medicinal plant – Ben Franklin knowledge and oral history at community schools in order to enhance students’ appreciation of their heritage and legacy.

Representatives of the ASOMI and UMIYAC healer’s associations Traditional healer and girls of the Yachaikury School gather to exchange traditional medicinal knowledge in Putumayo, in Yurayaco, Caquetá, Colombia Colombia

17 18 Partners in Research

We have long envisioned working throughout the Amazon basin—an area that covers many countries, as well as hundreds of languages and ethnic groups. Although the human history of the Amazon varies between countries, the rainforests know no borders. Trees, genetic diversity, medicinal plants, wildlife, rivers and their headwaters, and indigenous tribes themselves do not stop at a nation’s boundaries. Because all should be understood and protected, we work to bridge language and cultural gaps through research collaborations.

* In Suriname, in close collaboration with * In Suriname, under ACT and government local communities, ACT is developing a supervision, indigenous park guards were five-language illustrated encyclopedia prepared to conduct biological surveys and of biodiversity within Trio and Wayana research to inform REDD+ projects and indigenous territory. climate-change-related initiatives.

* In forests of Caquetá, Colombia, in * ACT is partnering with Suriname’s Anton partnership with the Universidad de la de Kom University to enable science and Amazonia, ACT has been leading research anthropology students to conduct field in sustainable income-generating products projects under ACT supervision. for locals as well as forest-friendly cultivation in order to mitigate soil erosion and prevent expansion of pastures.

Liliana Madrigal, ACT cofounder, with women of the Kogi community Tico Torres visiting Kogi indigenous territory, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

“The most important vehicle for the sustenance of our rainforests is the education of our children. They—and only they—can change our world for the better.”

- Tico Torres, ACT Board Member ACT-trained indigenous park rangers teach Trio children how to help protect local wildlife in Suriname

19 20 Financial Overview Revenue and Expenses Trend

Over the past 17 years, ACT has been able to accomplish so much on the ground because we always have made careful use of our resources, with more than 75% of funding going directly toward programmatic work.

In 2013, overall support and revenue grew five percent over prior year. A 57% increase over 2012 in the 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 In-Country Grants revenue category was attributable to the strong reputation of ACT’s country offices Revenue 7,984,476 3,459,490 3,930,306 5,125,206 2,996,730 3,143,020 as highly valued partners both institutionally and in the field. Programmatic efficiency remained strong, while an increase in fundraising costs reflects several small special events held during the year to increase awareness of ACT’s mission and work on the ground. Expenses 5,554,539 4,656,878 5,482,299 5,072,743 3,461,373 3,058,407

ACT’s staff and indigenous partners are deeply grateful for the support of many generous donors who believe in the effectiveness and importance of our work. Support

FY 2013 FY 2012 Karla Lara-Otero Director of Financial Operations In US $ Percent In US $ Percent

Individuals 1,780,748 57% 1,585,510 53%

Foundations 752,653 24% 963,462 32%

In-country grants 513,758 16% 326,680 11% “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Other revenue 54,221 2% 86,078 3% – Ben Franklin Corporations 41,640 1% 35,000 1%

Total Revenue 3,143,020 100% 2,996,730 100%

Contributions Invested in Program Services Organizational Efficiency From 2008 through 2013, ACT invested over $22 million—more than 80% of revenue received in the same period—in Program Services, directly benefiting our field projects. This sum was expended across the following classifications: 14% FY 2013 FY 2012 In US $ Percent In US $ Percent Mapping, land management, and biodiversity protection 15,100,000 18% Traditional knowledge & culture preservation, and educational opportunities 3,990,000 68% Program services 2,308,607 75% 2,815,609 81% Healthcare knowledge capture and transmission 3,080,000 General and administration 573,683 19% 512,478 15% Total 22,170,000 Fundraising 176,117 6% 133,286 4%

Total Expenses 3,058,407 100% 3,461,373 100%

21 22 Financial Statements

Information reflects combined financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

Combined Statement of Financial Position Combined Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets

FY 2013 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2012 In US$ In US$ In US $ In US $

Assets Revenue and Support Cash and equivalents 1,313,321 1,545,304 Contributions 1,433,031 1,472,911 Grants and pledges receivable 647,805 407,227 Grants 1,655,768 1,437,742 Property and equipment, net 146,462 159,714 Investment income 41,566 18,353 Other assets 35,950 23,599 Other 12,655 67,724 Total Assets 2,143,538 2,135,844 Total Revenue and Support 3,143,020 2,996,730

Liabilities Expenses Accounts payable and accrued expenses 93,071 120,764 Program Services: Deferred revenue 9,165 10,120 Biodiversity 1,102,759 1,627,976 Deferred rent and lease incentives 100,457 147,552 Culture 642,765 924,253 Other liabilities - 1,176 Health 563,083 263,380 Total Liabilities 202,693 279,612 Total Program Services 2,308,607 2,815,609

Net Assets Supporting Services: Unrestricted 486,450 1,070,613 General and administration 573,683 512,478 Temporarily restricted 1,454,395 785,619 Fundraising 176,117 133,286 Total Net Assets 1,940,845 1,856,232 Total Supporting Services 749,800 645,764

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 2,143,538 2,135,844 Total Expenses 3,058,407 3,461,373

Change in Net Assets 84,613 (464,643)

Net Assets, beginning of year 1,856,232 2,320,875

Net Assets, End of Year 1,940,845 1,856,232

CFC #: 10410 Funds are presented according to the accrual method of accounting.

ACT’s audited financial statements, which reflect an unqualified opinion, can be obtained online at www. amazonteam.org or by calling 703-522-4684.

23 24 Instituto de Hidrología, Nationaal Instituut Voor Milieu & Royal Tropical Institute Partner Organizations Meteorología y Estudios Ontwikkeling in Suriname Amsterdam, Netherlands Ambientales de Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname Alcaldía Municipal de Belén de los Asociación de Reforestadores Comité Departamental Indígena Bogotá, Colombia Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje Andaquíes y Cultivadores de Caucho del del Caquetá Organización de los Pueblos Bogotá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Caquetá Caquetá, Colombia Instituto de Investigación de Indígenas de la Amazonía Caquetá, Colombia Recursos Biológicos Alexander Colombiana Suriname Conservation Alcaldía Municipal de San José del Confederación Agrosolidaria de Von Humboldt Amazonia, Colombia Foundation Fragua AVINA Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname Caquetá, Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Organización Gonawindúa Instituto Geográfico Agustín Tayrona SynBio Alcaldía Municipal de Solano Bureau voor Openbare Consejo Regional Indígena del Codazzi La Guajira, Colombia Brasilia, Brazil Caquetá, Colombia Gezondheidszorg Medio Amazonas Bogotá, Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname Amazonas, Colombia Organización Zonal Indígena del Tareno ma Wajanaton- Anton de Kom Universiteit van Juntas de Acción Comunal de Putumayo Akoronmato (Talawa) Suriname, Faculteit der Medische Cabildo Indígena Huitoto Ismuina Consejo Regional Indígena del Belén de los Andaquíes y San José Putumayo, Colombia Sipaliwini, South Suriname Wetenschappen Caquetá, Colombia Orteguaza Medio Caquetá del Fragua Paramaribo, Suriname Caquetá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Parques Nacionales Naturales de TNC Colombia Cabildo Indígena Mayor de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Asociación de Autoridades Tarapacá Conservation International Kabinet van de President van Bogotá, Colombia Indígenas de la Pedrera Amazonas, Colombia Suriname Suriname/ Ordening Goudsector Tropenbos International Colombia Amazonas, Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname Suriname Patrimonio Natural Bogotá, Colombia Cabildo Inga Mandiyaco Paramaribo, Suriname Bogotá, Colombia Asociación de Autoridades Cauca, Colombia Coordinadora de las Tropenbos International Suriname Indígenas del Pueblo Miraña y Organizaciones Indígenas de la Medische Zending Suriname Peace Corps Paramaribo, Suriname Bora del Medio Amazonas Cabildo Kametzá Bijá de Mocoa Cuenca Amazónica Paramaribo, Suriname Paramaribo, Suriname Amazonas, Colombia Putumayo, Colombia Quito, Ecuador TrustLaw Connect Mesa de Diálogo Permanente Resguardo Coreguaje Jericó London, UK Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas Cabildo La Cerinda Corporación para el Desarrollo Bogotá, Colombia Consaya y Comunidad Buenavista del Mirití-Amazonas Caquetá, Colombia Sostenible del Sur de la Amazonía Caquetá, Colombia Unidad de Atención y Reparación Amazonas, Colombia Putumayo, Colombia Mesa REDD Integral de Victimas Cabildo La Esperanza Bogotá, Colombia Resguardo Curare Los Ingleses Bogotá, Colombia Asociación de Cabildos Caquetá, Colombia DigitalGlobe Amazonas, Colombia Nukanchipa Atunkunapa Alpa Arlington, VA Ministerie van Regionale Unión de Médicos Indígenas Cauca, Colombia Cabildos Inga de Yunguillo Ontwikkeling Resguardo Huitoto Bajo Agua Yageceros de la Amazonia Putumayo, Colombia Fondo Acción para la Protección Paramaribo, Suriname Negra Colombiana Asociación de Cabildos Ambiental y la Niñez Caquetá, Colombia Putumayo, Cauca and Caquetá, Tandachiridu Inganokuna Cabildos Inga Kametzá del Bogotá, Colombia Ministerie van Ruimtelijke Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Alto Putumayo: San Francisco, Ordening, Grond en Bosbeheer Resguardo Huitoto Coropoya Sibundoy, Colón, Santiago, San Fundación Juligon Paramaribo, Suriname Caquetá, Colombia Universidad de la Amazonía Asociación de Cabildos Uitoto del Andrés, San Pedro Bogotá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Alto Río Caquetá Putumayo, Colombia Ministerio de Cultura Resguardo Huitoto Huitorá Caquetá, Colombia Fundación Puerto Rastrojo Bogotá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Universidad Nacional Cabildos/Resguardos Ingas de Bogotá, Colombia Amazonas, Colombia Asociación de Cacaoteros de San Puerto Guzmán: Villa Catalina la Ministerio de Educación Resguardo Huitoto Manaye El José del Fragua Torre, Alpa Manga, Alto Mango, Gobernación de Caquetá Bogotá, Colombia Quince University of Amsterdam Caquetá, Colombia Nukanchipa Alpa, Wasipanga, Caquetá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Amsterdam, Netherlands Calenturas Ministerio del Interior, Dirección Asociación de Médicos Indígenas Putumayo, Colombia Gobernación del Amazonas de Asuntos Étnicos, ROM y Resguardo Indígena Coreguaje La WCS Colombia Kofanes Amazonas, Colombia Minorías Teófila Arenosa Cali, Colombia Putumayo, Colombia Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Bogotá, Colombia Caquetá, Colombia Onderzoek Suriname (CELOS) Instituto Colombiano de WWF Colombia Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas Paramaribo, Suriname Desarrollo Rural Nationaal Herbarium Suriname Resguardo Kogui-Malayo-Arhuaco Cali, Colombia de la Amazonía Colombiana “La Bogotá, Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname La Guajira, Colombia Chagra de la Vida” WWF Guianas Putumayo, Colombia Paramaribo, Suriname

25 26 Supporters Institutions Individuals

Acacia Conservation Fund Hawley Family Foundation PayPal Giving Fund Carolyn Abaunza Gray Boyce Robert Davey American Express Philanthropy Heidrich Fund Peace Frogs Inc. Anne Abbott Jack & Kristina Boykin Donna & Michael Dee ANONYMOUS (2) Jackson & Hertogs, LLP PG&E Corporation Margaret Farris Adams Robert & Paula Boykin Mary DeFilio Ashlawn Elementary School Kamibashi Corporation Pure Water Resources Barbara & Richard Adler Maureen Bransfield Janet Delaney blue moon fund KPMG Community Giving Raffa, P.C. Claudia & Harold Alderman Nestor Bravo Daphne Derven Burges Family Gift Fund Campaign Realan Foundation Alejandro Alderman Patricia Brenes Susan DeSanctis Capsule Connection Lauren E. Avezzie Charitable RSF Global Community Fund, Inc. Natty Alderman Pat Brewster Nicholas Devonshire Dataprise Foundation Safety and Health Fund G. Tim & Ashley Alexander Jeff & Susan Bridges Lynn Dickason Dominion Matching Gift Program Mactaggart Third Fund Santa Barbara Zoo Heidi Allen Steve Brittain L. Michael Dillard Armand G. Erpf Fund Maggie’s Earth Adventures, Inc. Skoll Foundation Joseph Allen Christopher & Patricia Brody Stephanie Dodson Fitness4EveryBody, LLC MCJ Amelior Foundation Sosense Nidiana Allen Jeffrey Bronfman Marlene Donovan Fort Worth YPO Metairie County Day School The Nature Conservancy Sandy Allenby Bill Brown Joan Doyle Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Meyer Family Fund Tico Torres Children Foundation Crisbellt Alvarado-Rezola Christopher Brown & Mary Ellen Stephen Dugan Gertler Law Firm Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Uphill Foundation Karen Alvarez Burns Michael Dunn John & Marcia Goldman Moore Family Foundation Verizon Foundation Chris Andrieu Mark Bryant Susan A. Dunn Foundation Nature’s Path Foods Wallace Genetic Foundation ANONYMOUS (23) Casey Burka George Dupuy Government of Caquetá, Colombia Newman’s Own Foundation Wells Fargo Community Support Iris H. Arno Cristine Burke Dana Edsall Hamill Family Foundation NOAH Nature Alliance Inc. Campaign Jay Aronowitz Theresa Burton Gale Epstein Hattie Ettinger Conservation Fund notNeutral, Inc. Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Bernard Aronson Brett Byers & Leslie Santos Eva Erickson at The San Diego Foundation Overbrook Foundation White Feather Foundation Eileen & Paul Arsenault William Cameron Elizabeth Eristoff Keith Bagley Janell Cannon Tim Evans Al & Barbara Bagley Nelson & Michelle Carbonell Brian & Rachel Fadde Dara & Bruce Baird Lori Carl Evan Fales Stephen & Susan Baird Scott Casey Hamilton Farris Caroline Baker Brownell Chalstrom Bradford Flagg Susan Baldwin Imani Change Alex Fogel Leinie Bard Lynne Cherry Henry & Joan Folse Joanne Baste Yvon Chouinard Karl & Mary Forsgaard Cindy Baucum Sharon Christie Juanita & Philip Francis Constance & Neil Goulden Bauer Anne Marie Christopher Michael Freidlin “Because we believe kids can help save the world, our partnership Adam Bauer-Goulden Scott Clark Elaine P. Frost Carol Beach Barbara Coats Ted & Georgia Funsten with ACT focuses on youth education. Since 2001, we’ve funded ACT’s Janice Bechtel Ann Coburn Eric J. Furst, M.D. environmental education initiatives for children in the Surinamese Gretchen Becnel Mary & Michael Colhoun Ralph Gandy Steve & Margaret Morley Bell Michael & Sandy Collins Pilar Garcia and Colombian Amazon. These youths now have a better sense of their Tamara Belland Francesc Pla Comas Carro Gardner Roland Bellstedt Jonathan Connor Albert Gaude identity as indigenous people, as well as of the natural world around Anna Berberet William Conway Gordon & Deborah Geesey them. Each year, they become better equipped to be stewards of the Susan Bernstein Ken Cook & Deb Callahan Terry Glaze John Bernstein Mary Cowan Frederic & Veronique Gobry rainforests they call home.” Robert & Catherine Bass Berry Nathalie Croix Drs. Max & Andrea Goldensohn Gay Biery-Hamilton Linda Crompton Daniel Gomes Robert & Rebecca Billings Sean Cronin Arthur Goodland – Jason Boyce Judy Bolton Susan & Bill Crothers-Gee Mrs. Ann Goodman Sustainability Manager, Nature’s Path Maria Bonilla Agustin Cruz Calico Goodrich Adolfo Bonilla Robert & Usha Cunningham Gwendolyn Grace Frances Borella Paula Dannenfeldt Carol Gracie & Scott Mori Bridget & Robert Bories Leslie Danoff & Lawrence Robbins Christian Graf Thomas Bott Tamar Datan & Sandy Shihadeh Amy Greeson Mark & Kiki Bowers Stephanie Davari-Page Patrick & Brittany Greiffenstein

27 28 Paula Gross David Kaplan Melinda Maxfield Elizabeth Parker & Margaret Bear Barbara Schaufeld Pamela Trejos Andrew Gunther Eugene & Breena Kaplan Henry & Jennifer McAtee Nikko Patten Karen & Fred Schaufeld Chien-Hui Tsai John Gupman Dr. Joel Kaufman Christine McCarthy Cornelia Penland Max Schellhorn Carrington Tutwiler Susan Gurney Dr. Barry Kaye James & Sally McChesney George Penn Arnie Schildhaus Keith Twitchell Kiran A. Gyr Nicholas Keeney William McClelland Emma Pennington Richard & Sarah Schneider Madeleine Vacha Allison Halgren M. Kelly Kent & Celia McClelland Daniel Perales Barry Schoenfeld Dr. Robert & Mrs. Loraine Van Tuyl Ann Hammann David Kim Annette McClure David Perlis Gail & Jonathan Schorsch Alexis & Robert Vanderhye Reinier Hamstra Gerald Kirk Julie McCollam Leize Perlmutter James Schroeder Jason & Carrie Veronesi Mariska Hamstra James H. Kirkpatrick Paul & Gayle McConvey Jill Pernicano Elheldra Scoggin Catherine Vial Jessica Hardy Aziz Kjiri Todd McCormack Carola & Rafael Millares Pimentel Paula & David Sculley Clint & Susan Viebrock Molly & Larry Harris Joel K. Koplos Robert & Myung Sook McIntyre Corey Plotkin Mark Seidenfeld Emily Vieira Karen Harris Karen & Scott Koppa Thomas J. McKeown Aaron Plotkin Benjamin Sessions Alejandro Villarroel Pamela Harting Scott Kuster Micky McKinley Ann Plotkin Wayne Sexton Ana Villegas Amy Haspel Pier LaFarge Bruce McKinney Lorraine Plotkin Abby Sher Fernando Wagner Dr. Kim Hauger Nicholas Lanson Norman McSwain Gabrielle Plotkin Sandy Shihadeh Dr. Dan Wagner William Bradley Hawkins Jay Lapeyre Lourdes Mendia Steven & Lynn Plotkin William Shore Ed & Laury Walker Siping He G. Charles Lapeyre Carol & Alvin Merlin Norman Plotkin & Doris Omi Amita Shukla Sheila Walker Tim Hearin Philip & Lisa Lapeyre Neil Metoyer Kenneth Pollard Sviatlana Shutko Vincent Waters Mollie Herman Mariela Lara Hallie Metzger Sergio Ponce De Leon Jill A. Siegel Rowena Watson Jennifer Hettler Karla Lara-Otero Barbara L. Meyer Nora Pouillon He Siping Julia & Bill Watson Mike & Sue Hettler Karen Lara-Otero Cynthia Michael Ex Pow-anpongkul Janet S. Skinner Debra Weber Magdalene Hettler Karlena Lara-Otero Linda Millard Tricia Powell Albert Small James Wein C. M. Hettler-Ingerson Beverly LaRock Rachel Milner Gillers Eugene Preaus Suzanne Smith Dr. Richard Weinberg Dr. Donald & Mrs. Louise Heyneman Janet Larson Ray & Beate Min Bhaskar & Rajitha Purimetla Roberta Smith Marilyn Weiner Judith A. Hoag Lisa Laskowski Lisa Monrose Shahriar Rabii Atossa Soltani David Weiss Julie Hocking Finza Latif Carmenza Montague Skye Raiser Dr. Joseph & Mrs. Valerie Spano Melanie & David Weiss Bruce Hoffman Kenneth Lavezzo Irma Montes Dinesh Rajan Mary & Richard Stanley Michael Wells Bill & Jane Hoffman Helen LeBourgeois Harold & Kaysie Montgomery Manuel Ramirez Bill & Mary Staton Anne Westerfield James & Bethany Hornthal Rob & Cynthia LeBreton Marjorie & Scott Moon Judith Randal Wesley Stevens Wayne Westerman Oliver Houck Terry Lee Megan Taylor Morrison Irene & Bob Rankin Sally Stevens Rick Weyerhaeuser Doug Hovde Jeffrey Lees Tawn & Kelly Morrison John Reed Mary K. Stillings Dr. David F. Whitacre Greg Hoyt Zachary Lemann Margaret Moss William & Sally Reeves Felicia Stolusky Clifford & Deborah White Marilyn Huddell Edward Lenkin Elizabeth Mullin & Jim Sandman Anthony Reginelli David & Rhonda Stoup Eugene Whitford Drs. Mary Page Hufty & Daniel Wesley Lin Deirdre Murphy Doug & Julie Renfro Mark & Karen Strauss Harold & Aimee Whitman Alegria Janice Linn Elizabeth Murrell & Gary Haney Anne Riederer Marcus Stuhl Dr. Donald K. Wilkerson Fred Hunter Dr. Richard E. Litov, Ph.D. Kathy Musial Anthony & Ingrid Riley Rob Suls Spencer P. Williams Maggie Huntington Erica P. Litschi Kirsten Myers James M. Riopelle, MD Lawrence B. Sunderland Dona Willoughby Fred Husserl Mark London, Esq. Joan Naro Donovan Rittenbach Felton Suthon Jay Wind John & Laura Hussey Juan Carlos Lopez Diane & Timothy Naughton Valerie Roach Mark Swanson Leman Wings Marie Huwe Dr. Thomas Lovejoy Ari Ne’eman Samuel Robinson Jacquelyn Taylor Morgaine Witriol Jay & Cindy Ingerson Harry Lowenburg Grace & Jerry Newton Andrea Rose Robinsong Mary Ellen Taylor Harry & Mindell Woehr Paul Jabrucki James Lutz Dane A. Nichols John S. Rockwell Linda Tello Cynthia Wolloch Darleen M. Jacobs Karen Luz-Ricca Martha Holman Norton Laurel Rohrer Heather Thomas & Harry Zita Xavier Nancy Jacques & David Wegner Sue Ellen Lyons Connor O’Brien Richard D. Rosane Brittenham Douglas Yee John & Rusty Jaggers Dale & Laurie Maas Brad & Judith O’Brien Rebecca Rose Aimee Thomas & Shannon Frank Yellin & Mark Showalter Cristina Jimenez & Eugenio Peral Alastair Mactaggart Jesse Okie & Mary Harrington Peter & Sallie Ross Fortenberry Beverly Yoshida-deVries Eric & Mary Ann Johnson Mara Mactaggart Maria Ondras James Roth Meredith Thompson Jonathan Zaidman Seth Johnson Martha Madrigal Michal Eugene Ondras Robert Rothhouse Joyce & Josh Thornhill Amy Zanetto Kris Johnson Michiels Carlos & Lu Madrigal Gilman & Margaret Ordway Paige Royer Juliana Thrall Renate Zeitlin Jacqueline Jones Liliana Madrigal & Mark Plotkin Silvanus Osborn Erickson Elizabeth Rubenstein Reed & Virginia Tibbetts Mrs. Marina H. Ziel Claiborne Jones Patrick Magrath Ian Otero Richard Rudolph Alyssa Tirrell Bradley Zlotnick Mr. & Mrs. James K. Joslin James W. Mahoney Sonia Otero De Lara Shane Runquist Andrew Tobias Tiffany Zullo Patricia Joyce Ricardo Maldonado Margarita Otero Diaz Dr. Jeffrey Sachs Ian Todreas Richard & Elaine Kahn Noah Manduke Chris Paine Carlos & Anne Salinas Dawn Tolchinsky Adam P. Kahn & Kimberly Smith Mark London Ward & Mary Paine Carlos Sanchez Poppy Tooker Linda H. Kaiser Evan Marks Alyson Paine Susan Sarandon Don Torrie Grant & Elaine Kalson Melissa Mathison Nicholas Papanastassiou Jack Sawyer Katherine Trahan

29 30 The Team

Who makes up the Team? ACT Colombia

ACT’s staff is a select group of fearless and committed people who believe in the power of alliances Carolina M. Gil Sánchez Edixson G. Daza María P. Navarrete between indigenous communities, scientists, policymakers, activists, and funders to sustainably Director González Serna manage and protect the resources on which we all depend. While the work can be exciting and Geographer Technical Coordinator inspiring, it can also be dangerous and difficult; however, our commitment does not waver. Daniel Aristizabal Isolated Peoples’ Issues Roberto F. Franco García Edgar Nuñez Isolated Indigenous Groups Field Technician Wilmar Y. Bahamon Díaz Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Jairo Quintero Angulo ACT U.S. Headquarters José N. Jamioy Field Technician Jorge Camacho Sandoval Muchavisoy Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., L.H.D. Jessica Hardy Adriana Velarde Administrative Assistant Traditional Medicine Yudi M. Ramos Prias President Strategic Planning and Executive and Financial Coordinator (UMIYAC) Administrative Assistant Evaluation Assistant Assistant Ana A. Cao de Guerrero Liliana Madrigal General Services Daniel Matapí Doris L. Ruales Piñeres Senior Director of Program Brian Hettler Francisco Vieira Field Technician Monitoring and Evaluation Operations GIS and New Technologies Communications and IT Alberto Carreño Pinto Coordinator Manager Coordinator Administrative & Financial German Mejía Karla Lara-Otero Coordinator Biologist Martha L. Vásquez Director of Financial Megan Taylor Morrison Accountant Operations Development Coordinator Rafael Calderón Carmen Moreno Social Field Technician Martínez Juana Yunis Marulanda Crisbellt Alvarado-Rezola David Stone Administrative Assistant Intercultural Education and Finance Manager Senior Editor Joaquin Carrizosa Governance Coordinator Putumayo Coordinator Jhon J. Mosquera Soto Field Technician Libardo Chanchy Field Technician Luciano Mutumbajoy ACT Suriname UMIYAC Coordinator Minu Parahoe Katia Delvoye Hemwattie Jagroop Director Culture and Education Financial Supervisor and HR Coordinator Coordinator Siofan Arupa Consultants and Volunteers Logistics Assistant Bruce Hoffman Natascha Kromokarijo Field Supervisor Field Survey Coordinator and Christopher Healy Vanessa C. Méndez Rezola Julio Rodriguez Varela Peggy Baisie HR Assistant Consultant Intern Intern General Services João Carlos Nunes Batista Anthony Peluso Daniela Tarabillo Consultant, SynbioBrasil Intern Intern

31 32 Who oversees the Team?

ACT’s Board of Directors is another highly motivated set of individuals, professionally involved in a wide spectrum of fields and interests. They share our belief that they can—through and with ACT— make a difference in the protection of Amazonia and the empowerment of its traditional peoples.

Board of Directors William M. Cameron Ken Cook Melinda Maxfield, Jr. American Fidelity Assurance Environmental Working Group Photojournalist Company Chair, Communications Chairman of the Board Committee Elizabeth Murrell Architect Mark Plotkin, Ph.D., L.H.D. Stephanie Dodson Amazon Conservation Team Project Healthy Children Nora Pouillon President Chair, Program Committee Restaurant Nora

David Stoup Bernard Aronson Tico Torres Trilogy Spa Ventures ACON Investments, LLC Musician Treasurer and Chair, Finance Chair, Governance Committee Committee Margaret Clark Linda Crompton Emeritus Stephen Altschul, Ph.D. Crompton Consulting, LLC Computational Biologist Ward Paine Secretary Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D. Emeritus The Heinz Center

Advisory Board In Honor of the Late Melinda C. “Mo” Maxfield Karen Allen Jane Goodall Todd Oldham Actress and teacher Jane Goodall Institute Todd Oldham Studio After several years of failing health, our dear friend and mentor Melinda C. “Mo” Maxfield passed away in 2014. We are profoundly grateful for Mo’s sage counsel and generous Bruce Babbitt Walter Isaacson May Pang support dating back to ACT’s early years, and will miss her company, kindness, and wisdom Environmentalist Aspen Institute Author and producer more than we can adequately express. Robert W. Boykin Bill Kurtis Susan Sarandon As a Board member for both ACT and The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and as Boykin Enterprises Journalist and producer Actress executive director of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Jeff Bridges Juan Mayr Miranda Smith Research, Mo made enormous contributions to the protection of indigenous knowledge Actor and musician Environmentalist Miranda Productions traditions across the world. Mo received a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Her doctoral work on the effects of indigenous Janell Cannon Gary Nabhan, Ph.D. Heather Thomas-Brittenham drumming methods, as well as her subsequent book Drumming the I Ching, are well known Author and illustrator Northern Arizona University Actress and author among practitioners of alternative healing modalities. In her work with ACT, Mo’s support was particularly vital to the continuity of healing traditions of Colombia. Max D. Goldensohn, Ph.D. Michel Nischan Andrew Tobias Pan American Development Wholesome Wave, LLC Author and journalist Foundation

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